Atención plena y terapia ocupacional. Propuesta de un nuevo marco de atención basado en el modelo canadiense del desempeño ocupacional desde mindfulness.

Resumo

From the beginning, the Occupational Therapy practice has been focused in a humanist thoroughly intervention. This intervention seeks the development of person´s faculties through the occupational development. Due to the scientific evolution of different disciplines, it is necessary to consider concepts such as mindfulness and introduce them as tools to assist the practice of Occupational Therapy. The practices based on attention develop the empathetic relationship and they improve the therapeutic intervention. From a complete framework of biopsychosocial nature, this kind of practice allows us to consider all the aspect of potential development of the person and to collaborate for his evolution. In this review we broach what is mindfulness and how this concept is adapted to improve the practice of the occupational therapy.